Learning Outcomes
On completion of the module the students will be able to :
1. describe and analyze the principles, the rules and the ways concerning the acquisition, administration, management and disposal of church property in Orthodox Church.
2.describe the revenues and financial means of church ministers according to the Holy Scripture, the Holy Tradition and the canons of Greek Orthodox Church
3. describe and evaluate the provisions of canon law concerning the administration and the management of church property.
4. describe and analyze the special legal treatment of the clergymen and the monks as far as financial matters (enumeration, insurance, retirement, inheritance etc) are concerned
Course Content (Syllabus)
This module focuses upon the right of church dominion over property within historical and theological contexts. It examines the acquisition, administration and disposal of church property. Maintance of church ministers.
1RST WEEK : DEFINITIONS AND SOURCES OF ECCLESIASTICAL PROPERTY LAW
2ND WEEK: THEOLOGICAL AND CANONICAL DOCUMENTATION OF PROPERTY AS
ECCLESIASTICAL POSSESSION
3RD WEEK : LEGISLATION OF THE BYZANTINE STATE ON CHURCH PROPERTY
4TH WEEK : STATE LEGISLATION ON CHURCH PROPERTY IN GREECE
5TH WEEK: ABALIENATION OF THE CHURCH PROPERTY
6TH WEEK : ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ECCLESIASTICAL PROPERTY I
7TH WEEK : ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ECCLESIASTICAL PROPERTY II
8TH WEEK : THE PROPERTY OF MONASTERIES AND MONKS
9TH WEEK : PROPERTY OF CHURCH FOUNDATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS
10TH WEEK : MAINTENANCE OF CHURCH MINISTERS I
11TH WEEK : MAINTENANCE OF CHURCH MINISTERS II
12TH WEEK : REMUNERATION AND RETIREMENT STATUS OF CLERGYMEN (CLERGY AND
BISHOPS)
13TH WEEK : PROVISIONS OF INHERITANCE LAW CONCERNING CLERGYMEN AND
MONKS
Keywords
Ecclesiastical Law, Canon Law, Ecclesiastical Property Law, Ecclesiastical Property, Maintenance of Church Ministers.
Additional bibliography for study
1. Ι. Κονιδάρη, Το δίκαιον της μοναστηριακής περιουσίας από του θ΄ μέχρι του ιβ΄ αι., Αθήνα 1979.
2. Σπ. Τρωϊάνου-Γ.Πουλή, Εκκλησιαστικό Δίκαιο, Αθήνα-Κομοτηνή 2003.
3. Γ.Σ. Αποστολάκη, Ακίνητη Περιουσία των Ορθοδόξων Εκκλησιών στην Ελλάδα, Τρίκαλα-Αθήνα 2007.
4. Ν. Χατζημιχάλη, Αι περί ιδιοκτησίας απόψεις εν τη Εκκλησία κατά τους πρώτους αιώνας, Θεσσαλονίκη 1972.